The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1887-04-15

! profitable crops raised In the vicinity
Of Chicago. They are used for feed
Ing horses in the city. and the demand
Tor them Is annually increasing. Last
fall many carloads Of carrots were
brought 70 this city from Wisconsin.
Horse-kccpcrs who commence TO feed
carrots rarely ever discontinue their
use. They state that one feed on car
rot each day affords an agreeable
change from diet Of dry hay and
oats; that they form good substitute
for green fodder. and that they enable
horses to digest their other food.
Horses that have daily feed Of carrots
invariably have glossy coat Of hair,
that greatly improves their appear.
ance. The horses themselves have
done much TO increase the demand fer
carrots. rs they soon show preference
for them. Animals that have been ac-
customed to eating carrots for some
time and are then deprived of them
will make an effort to take them from
gardeners wagons whenever they pass
them. In the opinion Of many carrots
will soon form part Of the daily
ration Of horses kept in large towns.
II their feeding value. as determined
by analysis. is not as great As that Of
hay and oats. their respective prices
being taken into consideration. they
hold that they increase the value Of the
latter by being eaten in connection
with them
According to the chemists 1--WE
pounds Of carrots contain rs much
nutriment as one pound Of oats. The
stomach Of living animal and not the
laboratory Of chemist is the place
Tor determining the feeding value Of
any kind Of food. for that shows what
proportion Of it is digested. AgricuIt-
ural chemists have recently had much
to do in determining the kinds Of food
that can be fed to farm animals to the
best advantage. Their investigations.
however. are entirely theoretical.
They show the amount OF food material
a given article contains. and not what
Of it is digested and con-
verted into fat and muscle. Many
articles are used as food for human
beings that would have very small
value given to them ~ an operator in
. chemical laboratory. Fortunately
for those who sit at their tables.
chemists are not employed by the
keepers Of hotels. restaurants and
TO decide on what Is
proper food. II is only our .'poor re-
Iations' that live in barns and stables
who have their food selected for them
On strict scientific principles. Possi-
bly, tine time is not distant when tho
tastes Of animals will be observed by
persons who have charge Of them. and
that they will be allowed. under suita-
BILE restrictions to select the articles
they will eat
The quantity Of carrots that can be
produced on an acre Of ground will
largely depend on the amount Of ferti-
izers that are placed on it, the labor
spent. and the distance the rows are
apart. A gardener and seed-raiser in
Eastern Massachusetts, claims to have
-aised nearly forty tons OF carrots on
In acre Of land to which large amount
il commercial fertilizers was applied.
md which was cultivated BY hand.
An Ohio farmer states that Zone thou
and bushels Of carrots are as easily
lttainable IS one hundred bushels Of
,orn." This yield would amount to
and half tons per acre.
But it il not easy, though tits possible,
% raise one hundred bushels of corn on
IN acre. Most farmers are satisfied II
hey raise fifty bushels Of corn on an
scrc, and they will be content with 500
bushels Of carrots. These would weigh
n. 800 pounds, or lSi tons, reckoning IS
pounds a. she weight Of . bushel Of
,arrots. This is about the average
:rop raised in the vicinity Of Chicago,
md the ordinary price is 90 per ton.
delivered 1t city stables. OF course.
hand labor Is required 70
raise field Of carrots, but most Of IL,
which consists Of wedding and thin
ming the growing plants, can Be per-
'ormed by persons who can not per-
'orm hard work in the fields. The
AMOUNT Of labor necessary to produce
J crop Of carrots will depend largely on
he condition Of the soil in respect to |
and freedom from the seeds
u weeds and grass.
The soil intended to produce carrots
'hould be deep. rich and finely pulvcr-
red. The manure applied to IL should
% well rotted and thoroughly incor-
,oratcd with the soil. The surface Of |
! carrot-field should be nearly level. for
Il il uneven the seed will be likely to
,e washed out q the high places Il |
lcavy rains occur after sowing. The
oil would also b likely TO be washed
lway from the young plants. Tho
the rows are the more easily |
an the work Of cultivation be per-
ormcd. Carrots are better adapted to
'ur climate than turnips and beets are. |
. their roots grow entirely in the
ground. where they are protected from